By every standard, President Joe Biden’s climate change summit was a remarkable success. With great diplomatic dexterity, Biden and climate envoy John Kerry assembled world leaders representing 82% of world carbon emissions, 73% of the world population and 86% of world economic output to commit to bold climate action. Biden deftly used the occasion to
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(CNN Español) — Luis Adrián Duque, alcalde del municipio Sucre, en el estado Yaracuy, en el centrooccidente de Venezuela, anunció este viernes que tiene covid-19 y que entrará en «cuarentena radical». «Más que nunca conciencia y más conciencia en cada hogar, me quedaré en casa por mi salud, la de mi familia y la de
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U.S. health officials lifted an 11-day pause on COVID-19 vaccinations using Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot on Friday, after scientific advisers decided its benefits outweigh a rare risk of blood clot. The government uncovered 15 vaccine recipients who developed a highly unusual kind of blood clot, out of nearly 8 million people given the J&J
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Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Former Racine mayor John Dickert was found not guilty of misdemeanor disorderly conduct by a Racine County District Court jury on Wednesday. In March of last year, the now 58-year-old was accused of getting into a fistfight with another man in the parking lot
Continue Reading California will stop issuing new hydraulic fracturing permits by January 2024 as part of a statewide effort to reach carbon-neutrality by 2045, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced in a news release Friday. Fracking uses high-pressure water to fracture rocks in order to access pockets of oil that would otherwise be unreachable. Newsom directed the state’s Department
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Federal authorities are looking into whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas involving Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and several young women was part of an orchestrated effort to illegally influence Gaetz in the area of medical marijuana, people briefed on the matter told CNN. Prosecutors with the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section are examining whether
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A man wanted in connection with a 2020 Cathedral City murder has been arrested in Tijuana, Mexico, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office announced on Friday. Joel Sanchez Casas, 19, was arrested by the Riverside County Gang Impact Team in Tijuana. The DA’s office revealed that the GIT worked with Cathedral City Police detectives to
Continue ReadingVaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to recommend resuming use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine. An updated warning will be added to the label. Members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices agreed the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks from rare blood clots
Continue ReadingThe US military withdrawal from Afghanistan is now underway with equipment being packed and shipped out, three defense officials tell CNN. The Pentagon has also approved the deployment of hundreds of maritime, air and land forces to the region to ensure security for American and NATO forces as well as contractors as they withdraw, the
Continue Reading (CNN) –– Los asesores de vacunas de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés) votaron este viernes para reanudar la vacuna de Johnson & Johnson contra el coronavirus. La decisión se tomó tras una reunión de emergencia en la que se abordaron casos de coágulos de
Continue ReadingJustice Amy Coney Barrett has been on the job since late October, but until now, because Covid kept the justices apart, she had not been pictured with her colleagues. That changed Friday when the court released its new class photo depicting the junior-most justice with her colleagues. Class photo or no, the 49-year-old Barrett has
Continue Reading The UK Prime Minister’s former chief advisor Dominic Cummings has denied leaking Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s text messages in a blog post published on Friday. Earlier this week, public broadcaster the BBC reported on leaked messages between Johnson and Sir James Dyson. Several British media outlets have suggested Cummings was the source of the leaks.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A young fan stole the show at the Phillies’ game Wednesday afternoon when the toddler tried to eat a home run ball that went into the left-field stands. It was Phillies centerfielder Mickey Moniak’s first career major-league home run, but it was 1-year-old Eddie Sharkey
Continue Reading The University of Texas at Austin says that its Longhorn Band will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” and that it will create a new marching band for students who are unwilling to play the school’s alma mater. The song has been a mainstay at football games and university events for generations, but
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RADNOR, Pennsylvania (KYW) — A local middle and high school are without a mascot. Over the next two days, Radnor families are getting the opportunity to talk about a handful of options. However, there’s a push to keep the Raider in Radnor, at least in name. Thursday night
Continue Reading (CNN Business) — Bitcoin y otras criptomonedas estuvieron en rojo en la madrugada del viernes, liquidándose por las preocupaciones de que el gobierno de EE.UU. aumente los impuestos en un futuro cercano. Bitcoin cayó por debajo de US$ 50.000 por moneda por primera vez desde principios de marzo. Bajó más del 9% a US$ 49.759
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Based on surface area, it’s the largest fresh water lake in the world. And thousands of people visit Lake Superior every year. But as old as it is, the lake is still evolving. John Lauritsen shows us how climate change and warmer temperatures are changing
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ELM, Texas (KTVT) — Getting COVID-19 shots into Americans’ arms represents the largest mass-vaccination program in U.S. history. One of the keys to the vaccine, the syringes, are being made in North Texas. CBS 11 recently toured the factory that’s producing them. Tucked away in a Little
Continue Reading (CNN Español) — La Cámara de Diputados de México aprobó este viernes una reforma judicial que incluye un artículo transitorio, considerado por muchos como inconstitucional. Senador: Quien siembra jueces cosecha sentencias a favor 2:37 El proyecto de reforma amplía el mandato del presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia y del Consejo de la Judicatura
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Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A mother was taken into police custody Thursday after infant twins were found dead in her Queens apartment. The mother’s cousin told police the mother did not sound right when they spoke on the phone and requested a wellness check for the babies. Officers
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